Frame for hop-scoops.



PATENTBD JULY 23, 1907.

J. N. HOFFMAN. FRAME FOR HOP SCOOPS. APPLIOATIONIILBD JAN. 2. 1907.

JOHN N. HOFFMAN, OF FOREST GROVE, OREGON.

FRAME FOR HOP-SCOOPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

- Application filed January 2, 1907- Serial No. 350,678.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN N. HOFFMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Forest Grove, in the county of Washington, State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Frame for Hop-Scoops, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in scoops for picking up andconveying hops, or the like, and it consists in the features of noveltyhereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a hop scoop of simple, strongand durable construction and one which may be conveniently operated.

The above and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood are accomplished by the improvedconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a perspective view of the scoop, showing its covering in position;Fig. 2 is a similar view, with the covering removed; and Fig. 3 is adetail section, showing the manner in which the hangers or bearings forthe front rollers are pivotally mounted to facilitate turning or guidingthe scoop.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes the frame of the scoopwhich consists of a horizontal base section 3, an upwardly andrearwardly inclined top section 4 and a back section composed of uprightbars 12 which unite the rear portions of the sections 3, 4. The base orbottom section 3 and the top section 4 are here shown as composed ofsections of pipe, the bottom having two side pieces 19 provided withflattened forward ends and threaded rear ends which are screwed intoelbows 20. The latter are connected by a rear cross piece 8 and to theflattened front ends of the pieces 19 is bolted or otherwise secured at22 a flat cross bar 2 provided with a beveled longitudinal edge. The topsection of the frame consists of pipes 23 having flattened lower endssecured by the bolts 22 upon the flattened v ends of the pipes 19 andthreaded upper ends which are screwed into branches of T-couplings 24.Screwed into the opposite branches of said couplings are pipes 25 whichhave their ends flattened and connectedby a cross piece or handle 10.The inwardly projecting branches of the couplings 24 are united by apipe 9. The upright bars 12 of the back section of the frame are securedto the pipes 8, 9 preferably by metal straps 21 which are bent aroundsaid pipes and have their ends bolted or otherwise secured to said bars.The frame is supported above the floor upon three rollers 6, 6, 13, thelatter of which is comparatively long and arranged in the center of therear end of the frame, its journals being mounted in suitable bearingsin a block or support 26 arranged between the two central bars 12. Therollers 6 are arranged at the front of the frame and are suitablyjournaled in hangers or bearings 27 which are pivoted in the front crossbar 2 for swinging movement in a horizontal plane. These bearings orhangers 27, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, are in the form of fiat plateshaving curved ends which are inserted in horizontal recesses 28 in therear edge of the bar 2 and are pivoted therein by bolts, or the like, 29passed vertically through them and the bar 2. The latter and the rearcross piece or pipe 8 is also connected by a centrally arrangedlongitudinal bar 30, as shown in Fig. 2.

The numeral 31 denotes a covering for the frame 1 preferably made offabric. This covering may be removably attached to the frame in anysuitable manner but as illustrated in the drawing it is held thereon bywires 14, 15 and 16 which are arranged upon the frame, as clearly shownin Fig. 2, said wires passing through hems in the covering 31. The frontedge of the bot tom of the covering is held down upon the beveled bar 2by a strip or bar 17 which is engaged with hook shaped keeper plates 7arranged upon the top of the bar 2 as seen in Fig. 2. The scoop may bepushed about by means of the bar 10 but to permit it to be pulled 1provide the detachable V-shaped bail 18 which when in position extendsforwardly from the rear upper portion of the top of the frame.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the scoop may be readilymoved about upon the floor either by pulling the bail handle 18 or bypushing the handle bar 10. The rollers 6, 6, 13 permit the scoop to beeasily moved and the pivots of the hangers of the front rollers 6 enablethe device to be readily turned or moved in the arc of a circle.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is l. A scoop comprising a frame having a bottom, anupwardly and rearwardly inclined top and a back uniting said bottom andtop, a covering upon said frame, a rear supporting roller arrangedcentrally upon the bottom of the frame and front supporting and guidingrollers arranged upon the bottom of said frame and having their hangerspivoted for swinging movement in a horizontal plane.

2. A scoop comprising a frame having a bottom, an up wardly andrearwardly inclined top and a back uniting said bottom and top, a flatcross bar at the front end of the bottom of said frame, keepers uponsaid cross bar, a fabric covering arranged upon said frame and a stripengaged with said covering and said keepers.

3. A scoop comprising a frame having a cross bar at the front of itsbottom, a flexible covering upon said frame, keepers upon said cross barand a strip engaged with said covering and said keepers.

4. A scoop frame comprising a bottom composed of connected tubularmembers, a flat cross bar at the front of said bottom, an upwardly andrearwardly inclined top gomposed of united tubular members, a handle barat the rear of said top, and upright bars uniting said bottom and topand forming a back.

5. A scoop comprising a frame having a bottom, an upwardly andrearwardly inclined top and a vertical back uniting said bottom and top,said back being composed of upright bars and said bottom and top beingcomposed of connected pipe sections, a flat bar at the front of saidbottom, a handle at the rear of said top, a flexible covering upon saidframe and supporting rollers upon the bottom of said frame.

6. A scoop frame comprising a bottom and a top each composed of unitedtubular members, the front ends of said top and bottom being flattenedand engaged with each other, a cross bar connecting said ends and fastenings uniting said front ends and said cross bar.

7. A scoop frame comprising a bottom having side members and a rearmember, elbows uniting said rear and side members, a top composed ofside members and a cross member, T-couplings uniting said cross and sidemembers of the top, a handle bar, members connecting the latter to saidT-couplings, upright bars forming a back for the scoop, brackets unitingsaid upright bars to the cross member of the top and the rear member ofthe bottom and a front cross bar uniting the side members of the top andbottom.

8. A scoop frame comprising a top and a bottom, each composed of unitedtubular members, a back formed by upright cross bars and metal strapsbent around the members of said top and bottom and having their parallelends channeled to receive the ends of said upright bars between them,and fastenings for uniting said channeled ends of the straps to saidupright bars. 7

J. N. HOFFMAN.

Witnesses E. H. BROWN, W. S. HUDSON.

